The BEST episodes of The Food That Built America season 6
Every episode of The Food That Built America season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Food That Built America season 6!
For generations of Americans, food titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, C.W. Post and the McDonald brothers have literally been household names, but you don't know their stories. Before they were brand names, they were brilliant, sometimes ruthless, visionaries who revolutionized food and changed the landscape of America forever. This series event will tell the fascinating stories of the people behind the food that built America – those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, and along the way built cities, invented new technologies and helped win wars.
#2 - Coffee: A Brewed Awakening
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2025
Jim Folger discovers a new way to bring coffee to the masses. Then another famous coffee brand gets its big break at the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville. Plus, the creation of the iconic coffee machines that help make coffee a billion dollar industry.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#3 - Empire of Convenience
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/2025
The first convenience store is born, and with new innovations like late hours, to-go coffee, and America's most beloved slushy drink, it rises into an iconic chain with more locations than any other store or restaurant in the world.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#4 - You Don't Know Jack
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/4/2025
A farmhand named Jack Daniel and a distiller in Tennessee look to bring their quality bootleg whiskey out of the shadows and into a larger market. But against the rise of temperance and prohibition in America, a novel new recipe and Daniel's revolutionary branding tactics pave the way for the best-selling American whiskey in the world.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#6 - A Box of Chocolates
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/13/2025
Stephen Whitman introduces Americans to chocolate candy in a sampler box; Russell Stover builds a competing company; both brands help turn chocolate from an unknown import to a boxed American staple, given as a gift of love to this day.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#8 - Asian Food Invasion
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/27/2025
A down-on-his-luck Japanese businessman and a Chinese immigrant and her son change the American palette when they introduce instant noodles in a cup, Peking Duck, and the biggest Chinese restaurant chain in the nation.
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